Category: Pittsburgh

Observer “Seeing Eye” alerted PBRTV today that WMNY (1150 New Kensington) is now airing Hindi music. This signifies that the new owner – Radio 1150 Limited Liability Company – has officially taken over the station. Broadcast Communications, Inc. has submitted an application to move the KQV (1410) transmitter from its long-time Ross Township site to […]

The Wendy Bell Lawsuit: The race discrimination suit with Bell against WTAE-TV appears to have been settled although no terms were made public. The Post-Gazette reports the suit was dismissed with prejudice and cannot be filed again. The case was put on hold last summer awaiting Bell to file an amended complaint. Hearst fired Bell […]

WGBN (1360 McKeesport) has been operating from its original transmitter site in Lincoln Borough since losing the lease on the daytime site in Glen Hazel. The original site was used as the nighttime site from the time the Glen Hazel site was constructed. Station owner, Pentecostal Temple Development Corp. was visited by the FCC on […]

As we mentioned yesterday, KQV (1410) has been saved by Broadcast Communications Inc. Company owner Robert Stevens told the Post-Gazette not to expect anything to be on the air until this fall. There is a lot of prep work that needs to be done to relocate the transmitter as the 70-year-old transmitter site in Ross […]

Lance Venta reported this morning that KQV (1410) has been sold to Broadcast Communications Inc. for $55,000. The sale includes the license and some of the assets of the station but not the long time tower site in Ross Township. An application is expected to be filed to diplex 1410 on the WEDO tower in […]

PBRTV notes the following: Columbus Ohio radio host John Corby died unexpectedly over the weekend. Corby had worked as news director and morning co-host at WNCI (97.9 Columbus) before going to WTVN (610 Columbus) for the first of two stints 1984-94. From 1994-97, Corby had a run at KDKA (1020) where he did sports and […]

A few items to note on this warm(er) January day: A nice interview with Alan Boal appeared in The Almanac, a paper exclusive to South Hills neighborhoods. WDSY (107.9) have added Jade and Cowboy Curt to the morning show “Broadway’s Backyard”. Broadway debuted in the fall of 2017. Jade previously served as promotions assisstant and […]

Entercom announced today that WDSY (107.9), will bring Texas Country Music to Western Pennsylvania via a new weekly specialty program, “Red Dirt Revival.” The new show will air Sunday evenings from 9:00 p.m. to midnight, beginning January 7. “Red Dirt Revival” will be hosted by Waynesburg, PA native and Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jackson Gardner and will feature music […]

KQV (1410) went silent as the ball dropped in the Eastern Time Zone on January 1. So too did the webstream at KQV.com, or so we thought. At various but inconsistent times since the station signed off, listeners have picked up Bloomberg programming on the webstream. The website also continues to update the AP Wire. […]

With KQV (1410) signing off on Sunday, we’ll be saying goodbye to several familiar voices that have been on the air there for years. P. J. Maloney will sign off on Thursday after 42 years with the station. He started at the same time the all-news format did in 1975. P.J. will talk to current and former staffers […]

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